St. Martins Press , Craig Cutler / AP Photo NEW YORK -- It's not uncommon for people to say that their holidays don't live up to a Norman Rockwell painting, but Augusten Burroughs says his holidays have been "hideous." The best-selling...

In this article: Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's Press, NEW YORK, Norman Rockwell, Dry, Running with Scissors, The Miami Herald, Waldorf Astoria, and Associated Press

...is staggering, one of the largest in comics - around 170,000 pages. Like fellow-workaholics Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill, he slept in short stretches and worked almost non-stop. But his interests went far beyond comics. He was...

In this article: Osamu Tezuka, God, Winston Churchill, Manga, Astro Boy, Hirohito, Tokyo, Japan, and COM

...fear. There are times when a dream is so real and vivid that you treat it as reality," says Emin. After a period of using colour, Emin , 46, says she is consciously returning to darker territory in her work. "Life isn't straightforward,...

In this article: Tracey Emin, New York, Dog, God, Diane von Furstenberg, London, Madonna, Britain, Turner Prize, and Nspcc

...talks to Rachel Wolff about making peace with critics, and her legendary sex drive. VIEW OUR GALLERY. When Tracey Emin introduced herself, she was soft-spoken, almost demure-it wasn't exactly the British bad-girl artist I was expecting.

In this article: Tracey Emin, Recession, Turner Prize, Kate Moss, Amy Winehouse, Brigitte Bardot, and Lower East Side

...time." The 73-year-old has no qualms about sharing his work and his collection, even in as far-flung a location as Melbourne. "You've got Jackson Pollock over there, I figure you're OK," he says. "You've got the Blue Poles. Boy, what a...

In this article: New Hollywood, Andy Warhol, Melbourne, Nathan Oliveira, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, and Easy Rider

...it "a superficial act to make Egypt look good to the West and to Israel." Mr. Fahim was touching on a sore point - the failed bid by Farouk Hosny , the Egyptian culture minister, to be elected head of UNESCO , the U.N. culture agency. The...

In this article: Cairo, Farouk Hosny, Unesco, Egypt, Israel, U.N., and Gaza

...Country To Host Shows About Da Vinci 's Art and Inventions Several cities around the country are in da Vinci mode with shows about Leonardo da Vinci's art and inventions. A fingerprint may determine if the work of art is worth millions...

In this article: Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, J. Paul Getty Museum, Birmingham, Maryland Science Center, Louvre, High Museum, Windsor Castle, and Europe

...against Egypt. These countries have been demanding a new Nile water sharing that will reduce Egypt 's quota. Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny's failure to win the top job at UNESCO recently further soured relations. He blamed "a group...

In this article: Israel, Egypt, Hillary Clinton, U.S., Cairo, Gilad Schalit, Middle East, Nile, and Jerusalem

...Came in Our New Plymouth!' Photo: Norman Rockwell Family Agency The photographic study for Norman Rockwell 's Christmas advertisement Photo: Norman Rockwell Family Agency About a decade ago David Hockney began developing a theory...

In this article: Norman Rockwell, American Pie, Sugar, Edward Hopper, and Camera Eye

...wisdoms. But they are always enlightening and usually correct. Mr. Johnson is right to point out, for example, that Winston Churchill's insistence on launching and maintaining the strategic bombing campaign against Germany was of far...

In this article: Winston Churchill, Paul Johnson, World War I, World War II, Modern Times, Luftwaffe, History of the Second World War, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, and Hugh Dowding

...belongs to Cathy Naso. She was 17 years old when she got a part-time job as a receptionist at Warhol 's Factory. Two years later, in 1967, Warhol gave her a self-portrait inscribed to her. The Brooklyn resident displayed the painting...

In this article: Andy Warhol, Sotheby's, and New York City

...it too." According to the New York Times , Brooklyn-born Naso was hired as a receptionist after going to Warhol 's studio to interview him for a class assignment. "I went there with a friend to do an interview, and suddenly we were the ones...

In this article: Andy Warhol, Sotheby's, New York, and New York Times

Krista Simmons Photos: Top: " Weeping Woman " by Pablo Picasso courtesy of Tate Gallery , London. Bottom: "Freedom From Want" by Norman Rockwell courtesy of Curtis Publishing Co. If you are under 13 years of age you may read this message...

In this article: Top Chef, Norman Rockwell, Pablo Picasso, Natalie Portman, Bravo, Lent, and Garlic

...and intellectuals who have given him a free pass over the years. It's not surprising, then, that Fairey thought he could get away with what he almost did. Charlotte Allen is the author of "The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical...

In this article: Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Roman Polanski, Expropriation, Trademark, Boston, and New York

...to his election, but he ended up losing all the same, to a Bulgarian diplomat, whereupon he blamed Jewish pressure. "It is the Israelis who caused Farouk Hosny to lose the bid in UNESCO , so I don't know why he tries to please them by...

In this article: Farouk Hosny, Unesco, Egypt, Cairo, Israel, and Zahi Hawass

...on the upper left hand side of a 13 x 10in chalk, pen, and ink portrait reveals that it could actually be a long lost work by Leonardo da Vinci. No one thought twice when the portrait sold at Christie's New York in the late 1990's. Then...

In this article: Leonardo da Vinci, New York, Montreal, London, Paris, and Vatican

colourful piece consists of glowing heart-shaped pink tube light with message inside LOVE: A couple admire the Tracey Emin piece at Aberdeen Art Gallery on Schoolhill. Colin Rennie AN ARTWORK by one of Britain 's most acclaimed...

In this article: Tracey Emin, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Turner Prize, Britain, and Scotland

After a career built on conceptual art, Damien Hirst has turned to paint and canvas - and the boos from the critics were unanimous. Mark Hudson fears he had it coming. This week we may have witnessed one of the pivotal moments in the...

In this article: Damien Hirst, YBAs, Tracey Emin, Francis Bacon, Zeitgeist, Recession, Olympia & York, Jake and Dinos Chapman, and Georg Baselitz